Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,739,500
Entries
2,770
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Clark, Botond & Channing Lead Final 20 Players
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Day 3 is set to begin for Event 43, $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, of the World Series of Poker. Just 20 players remain of the 2,770 that began and Zach Clark leads them all. But he's in a virtual three-way tie with Balazs Botond and Neil Channing.
Barely two big blinds separate the leaders and James Mackey is being chased by John Nelson. RandyLew, Jesse Yaginuma, Henry Lu and Mark Ketteringham have plenty of chips to make a move up the counts.
After just two eliminations the field will have a total redraw and then again when the field combines to one ten-handed final table.
The large field generated a juicy prize pool and big money is up for grabs. A big money jump comes at nine players, more than twice what each player is guaranteed at this point.
We'll play to winner tonight, hopefully ending before ten levels - which would require a fourth day of play. Follow all the WSOP action to see who grabs the gold bracelet on PokerNews.com.
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Cards Are In the Air
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Cards are in the air for the start of Day 3.
All In and Chop
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Cary Marshall opened to 32,000 from under the gun, Neil Channing called on his direct left, and the action folded to John Nelson, who defended his big blind.
The flop fell 
, and the action checked to Channing who fired 36,000. Only Marshall called. Both players knuckled after the 
turned, and the 
completed the board. Marshall thought for a moment, then tossed out what looked like 80,000. Channing, who is still stacking his chips, grabbing a tower of orange T5,000 chips and green T25,000 chips, and raised to around 200,000.
Marshall tanked, then moved all in. Channing quickly called.
Channing tabled 
for a straight, and Marshall showed 
for the same hand. The two chopped the pot.
Andres Sanchez Eliminated in 20th Place ($18,735)
Andres Sanchez opened on the button and Balazs Botond raised to 85,000 from teh big blind. Sanchez moved all in and Botond called.
Sanchez: 
Botond: 
The board ran 
and Sanchez was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Adam Foster Eliminated in 19th Place ($18,735)
The action folded to Adam Foster, who moved all in for just under 300,000 from the button. John Nelson asked for a count from the big blind, and after Foster gave an approximation, Nelson called.
Showdown
Foster: 
Nelson: 
The sevens held as the board ran out 
, eliminating Foster in 19th place.
The remaining 18 players are currently redrawing to two tables. We will have a full seat draw for you shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | 281,000 |
|
Busted |
Two Table Redraw
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The field has been trimmed to 18 players and they have done a complete table redraw.
Table 445
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | James Mackey |
| 2 | Neil Channing |
| 3 | Daniel Zeihen |
| 4 | Francois Dur |
| 5 | Balazs Botod |
| 6 | Jared Rosenbaum |
| 7 | Cary Marshall |
| 8 | Michael Judge |
| 9 | Zach Clark |
Table 446
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Lu |
| 2 | Michael Morgousky |
| 3 | John Nelson |
| 4 | Tom Alner |
| 5 | Hovan Nguyen |
| 6 | Jesse Yaginuma |
| 7 | Mark Ketteringham |
| 8 | Randy Lew |
| 9 | Carl DiVeglia III |
Carl DiVeglia III Eliminated in 18th Place ($23,372)
The action folded to Carl DiVeglia III, who open-shoved for his last 300,000 or so. Henry Lu immediately three-bet jammed behind him, and the action folded behind him.
| DiVeglia III |   |
| Lu |   |
The board ran out 
, and DiVeglia III was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
805,000 | 232,000 |
|
Busted |
Heated Discussion Between Channing & Effel
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
WSOP TD Jack Effel and Neil Channing just had a very heated discussion on the floor. Channing was upset with the coloring up procedure and may have used some foul language directed at the staff.
Effel very candidly explained some operational procedures to Channing. They came to a mutual understanding after a couple minutes and Channing returned to his seat at the table.